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Coperthwaite, Corby A.; Ritchie, William F. – 2002
This document examines the possible impact of a proposed standardization of placement scores for college English throughout the Connecticut Community College system. The 12 Connecticut community colleges use Accuplacer for placement into college English. Each college, however, uses different placement cut-off scores, and has varying structures of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, School Readiness
Gottfredson, Gary D. – 1988
This study examined one urbanized Southeastern county school district's experience in attempting to implement an educational reform program that called, among other things, for higher standards. By focusing on standardized norm-based and criterion-referenced educational tests administered to students according to grade level, this school system…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices